{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-testate-estates-scotland-1876/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-testate-estates-scotland-1876/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/39-40/24",
  "legislation_title": "Small Testate Estates (Scotland) 1876",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-testate-estates-scotland-1876",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Commissary clerk must be satisfied that whole estate is under 150l.",
  "text": "If the commissary clerk of the county has reason to believe that the estate and effects of which the testate died possessed exceed the value specified in section three of this Act , he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied as to the true value thereof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Small Estates (Representation) Act 1961 (c. 37), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 22, SIF 116:2), s. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/24/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:47:29.811767+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}